Jòb 21
1 Lè sa a, Jòb pran lapawòl ankò, li di konsa:
Then Job replied,
2 -Manyè tande sa m' pral di nou la a, non! Tanpri, charite m' ti ankourajman sa a!
“Listen to what I say, all [three] of you; that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me.
3 Ban m' yon ti chans pou m' pale. Lè m'a fini, nou mèt pase m' nan betiz kont nou!
Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.
4 Se pa avèk yon moun mwen annafè. Mwen gen rezon si m' pa ka tann ankò!
“It is certainly not [RHQ] people against whom I am complaining, [but God] And it is certainly [RHQ] right for me to be impatient!
5 Voye je nou gade m' byen. N'a sezi. N'a mete men nan bouch.
Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths [and say no more]?
6 Mwen menm, lè m' chonje sa ki rive m', m' pè. Tout kò m' pran tranble.
When I think about [what has happened to me], I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
7 Poukisa Bondye kite mechan yo ap viv? Li kite yo rive vye granmoun, epi tout zafè yo mache byen?
“[But let me ask this: ] ‘Why do wicked people continue to live, and become prosperous, and not die until they are very old?’
8 Yo gen pitit ak pitit pitit. Yo wè yo ap grandi devan je yo.
They have their children around them, and they watch them while they [grow up and] start to live in their own houses, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
9 Bondye pa voye malè sou yo pou pini yo. Y'ap viv alèz lakay yo san ankenn danje.
Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish [MTY] them.
10 Wi, bèf yo kwaze san mank, yo fè pitit san pèdi pòte.
Their bulls always mate with the cows successfully, and the cows give birth to calves and never miscarry.
11 Timoun yo ap kouri tankou ti mouton nan savann. Y'ap jwe, y'ap sote tankou ti kabrit.
Wicked people send their young children outside [to play], and the children play [happily] like [SIM] lambs [in a pasture].
12 Y'ap chante, y'ap jwe gita, y'ap bat tanbou, y'ap danse pandan moun ap jwe fif pou yo.
Some children dance and sing, while others shake tambourines and play lyres, and they are happy when they hear people playing flutes.
Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
14 Se yo menm k'ap plede di Bondye: Kite n' an repo! Nou pa bezwen konnen jan ou vle pou moun viv la.
While they are alive, they say to God, ‘Do not bother us; we do not want to know how you want us to conduct our lives!
15 Kisa Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a ye menm pou nou sèvi l' la? Kisa sa ap rapòte nou lè nou lapriyè l'?
Why do you, Almighty God, think that we should serve you? (What advantage do we get if we pray to you?/It is useless for us to pray to you.) [RHQ]’
16 Yo pretann tou sa yo genyen se kouraj yo ki ba yo l'. Yo pa t' janm mete Bondye nan koze yo. Mwen pa dakò ak jan y'ap pale a, non.
Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous, but I do not understand why they think like that.
17 Ou janm wè limyè mechan an mouri? Ou janm tande malè rive yo? On jan wè Bondye fè kolè pou l' pini malveyan yo,
(“How often does it happen that wicked people die [MET] before they are old?/Very seldom do wicked people die [MET] before they are old.) [RHQ] (Do they ever experience disasters?/They seldom experience disasters.) [RHQ] (Does God ever punish them because of being very angry with them?/God never punishes them because of being very angry with them.) [RHQ]
18 pou van bwote yo ale tankou zèb chèch, pou van tanpèt chase yo tankou pay pitimi?
[He does not blow] them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
19 Yo pretann di Bondye va pini pitit pou peche papa yo! Poukisa se pa papa yo menm li pini pou yo ka pran leson?
You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but [I say that] God should punish those who sin, [not their children, ] in order that the sinners will know [that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished].
20 Se pou mechan yo te wè chatiman yo. Se yo menm ki te pou santi kòlè Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a pa dous.
I hope/wish that wicked people will experience themselves being destroyed, that they will experience being punished by an angry Almighty God.
21 Ki mele yo sa ki rive pitit yo, lè yo fin ale, lè yo fin viv tan pou yo te viv la?
After wicked people are dead, they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].
22 Men, Bondye ki jije ata zanj ki nan syèl la, ki moun ki ka moutre l' sa pou li fè?
“Since God judges [everyone, ] even those that are in heaven, (who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.) [RHQ]
23 Gen moun ki pa janm malad jouk yo mouri. Jouk jou yo antre anba tè, yo kontan, yo pa gen tèt chaje.
Some people die while they are very healthy, while they are peaceful, when they are not afraid of anything.
24 Yo gra nan tout kò yo, tout zo yo plen ak mwèl.
Their bodies are fat; their bones are strong.
25 Yon lòt menm pa janm konnen sa ki rele kè kontan. Li pase tout lavi l' nan nesesite, li mouri nan mizè.
Other people die being very miserable; they have never experienced good things happening to them.
26 Men, lè tou de mouri, yo antere yo, vèmen kouvri kadav yo menm jan.
But both rich and poor people die and are buried, and maggots eat their bodies. [Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked].
27 Men wi, mwen konnen sa ki nan tèt nou. Mwen konnen ki move lide n'ap fè sou mwen koulye a.
“Listen, I know what you [three] are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me.
28 N'ap mande kote kay gwo zotobre a. Sa ki rive kay nèg ki te konn fè sa ki mal la.
You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’
29 Kouman? Nou pa pale ak moun ki vwayaje? Nou pa konn ki nouvèl y'ap bay?
But have you never inquired of people who travel much? Do you not believe their reports about what they have seen,
30 Jou Bondye ankòlè, lè l'ap pini an, se toujou mechan yo ki resi chape kò yo!
that wicked people usually do not suffer at the time when there are great disasters; that wicked people are the ones who are rescued when God is angry [and punishes people] [MTY]?
31 Men, ki moun ki ka kanpe devan yo pou akize yo? Ki moun ki ka fè yo peye sa yo fè a?
There is no one [RHQ] who accuses wicked people, and there is no one who (pays them back/gives them the punishment that they deserve) for all the evil things that they have done.
32 Yo fè bèl lantèman pou yo. Yo mete moun veye tonm yo.
The corpses of wicked people are carried to their graves, and people are put there to guard those graves.
33 Foul moun ap swiv sèkèy yo, yon pati moun devan, yon pati moun dèyè. Menm tè a chita dous sou kadav yo.
A huge number [HYP] of people go to the grave site. Some go in front of the procession and some come behind. And the clods of dirt thrown on the graves of those wicked people who have died are like a nice blanket.
34 Lèfini, n'ap chache konsole m' ak yon bann pawòl san sans. Tou sa n'ap reponn mwen la a se manti.
“So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!”
